Red Velvet

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Ira Aldridge (Dion Johnstone) made history as the first black actor to play Othello on the London Stage in 1833, explored in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Red Velvet, directed by Gary Griffin, in CST’s Courtyard Theater, December 1, 2017–January 21, 2018. Photo by Liz Lauren.

Ira Aldridge (Dion Johnstone, at center) shocks company members (from left: Greg Matthew Anderson, Jürgen Hooper, Bri Sudia and Tiffany Renee Johnson) when he is announced to replace leading actor Edmund Kean in the title role of Othello in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Red Velvet, directed by Gary Griffin, in CST’s Courtyard Theater, December 1, 2017–January 21, 2018. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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